Fast Draft Your Memoir
By: Rachael Herron
4.55
Format: 186 pages, Kindle Edition
This is your roadmap for completing the memoir you've dreamed about writing. "Rachael Herron re…
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1. Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
By: Natalie Goldberg
4.21
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
For more than twenty years Natalie Goldberg has been challenging and cheering on writers with her b… read more
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- memoir
- nonfiction
- writing
- reference
- how to
"keep your hand moving"-Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
"Write about “leaving."-Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
"Begin with “I remember."-Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
"We learn writing by doing it."-Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
2. Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir
By: Natalie Goldberg
3.44
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
In her first book to focus solely on writing since her classic work Writing Down the Bones, Goldber… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- writing
- reference
3. The Art of Memoir
By: Mary Karr
4.56
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
Credited with sparking the current memoir explosion, Mary Karr's The Liars' Clubspent more than a y… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- writing
4. The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life
By: Marion Roach Smith
3.56
Format: None pages, Paperback
A recent study revealed that the Number 1 thing that baby boomers want to do in retirement is write… read more
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- memoir
- nonfiction
- writing
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- how to
5. Bird by Bird
By: Anne Lamott
4.24
Format: 238 pages, Paperback
A newer edition of this title can be found here. "Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- writing
- reference
"Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird."-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
"A writer paradoxically seeks the truth and tells lies every step of the way."-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
"If your wife locks you out of the house, you don't have a problem with your door."-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
"You don't always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too."-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
6. Breaking Ground on Your Memoir: Craft, Inspiration, and Motivation for Memoir Writers
By: Linda Joy Myers , Brooke Warner
3.15
Format: None pages,
In Breaking Ground on Your Memoir, Linda Joy Myers (President of the National Association of Memoir… read more
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- memoir
- writing
- reference
7. The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative
By: Vivian Gornick
3.29
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A guide to the art of personal writing, by the author of Fierce Attachmentsand The End of the Novel… read more
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8. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
By: Stephen King
3.96
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
On Writing begins with King's childhood and his uncannily early focus on writing to tell a story. K… read more
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9. Trump: The Art of the Deal
By: Donald J. Trump , Tony Schwartz
4.32
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Trump reveals the business secrets that have made him America's foremost deal maker! "I like thinki… read more
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10. Fox in Socks
By: Dr. Seuss
4.44
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
In this hilarious book, the irrepressible Fox in Socks teaches a baffled Mr. Knox some of the slick… read more
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11. Corrections in Ink: A Memoir
By: Keri Blakinger
4.26
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
“Brave, brutal . . . a riveting story about suffering, recovery, and redemption. Inspiring and rele… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
12. Grief Is for People
By: Sloane Crosley
3.91
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Following the death of her closest friend, Sloane Crosley explores multiple kinds of loss in this d… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"Grief is for people, not things."-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
"Suicide is a tax on human consciousness."-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
"How will he know you loved him," she asks, "unless you try to destroy yourself?"-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
"Pictures should be of what you see, not of what the world sees when it sees you."-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
13. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
By: George Saunders
4.54
Format: 403 pages, Kindle Edition
For the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a class on the Russian short story to … read more
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- nonfiction
- writing
"Then do that again, over and over, until I'm pleased."-George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
"What transforms an anecdote into a story is escalation. Or, we might say: when escalation is suddenly felt to be occurring, it is a sign that our anecdote is transforming into a story."-George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
"There’s a vast underground network for goodness at work in this world—a web of people who’ve put reading at the center of their lives because they know from experience that reading makes them more ex…"-George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
"We tend, in discussion, to reduce stories to plot (what happens). We feel, correctly, that something of their meaning resides there. But stories also mean through their internal dynamics—the manner i…"-George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
14. Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You
By: Jenara Nerenberg
3.84
Format: 244 pages, ebook
A paradigm-shifting study of neurodivergent women—those with ADHD, autism, synesthesia, high sensit… read more
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- nonfiction
"What happens when we stop pathologizing difference?"-Jenara Nerenberg, Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You
"Many women latch onto language from popular psychology, such as "panic attack," when often they are instead experiencing sensory overwhelm."-Jenara Nerenberg, Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You
"Despite what the words "attention deficit" imply, ADHD is not a deficit of attention, but rather a challenge of regulating it at will or on demand."-Jenara Nerenberg, Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You
"High stimulation is both exciting and confusing for people with ADHD, because they can get overwhelmed and overstimulated easily without realizing they are approaching that point."-Jenara Nerenberg, Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You
15. You Could Make This Place Beautiful
By: Maggie Smith
4.08
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In her memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful, poet Maggie Smith explores the disintegration of… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"At our wedding, our college creative writing professor read a poem—John Ciardi’s “Most Like an Arch This Marriage."-Maggie Smith, You Could Make This Place Beautiful
"How I picture it: We are all nesting dolls, carrying the earlier iterations of ourselves inside. We carry the past inside us. We take ourselves–all of our selves–wherever we go. Inside forty-somethin…"-Maggie Smith, You Could Make This Place Beautiful
16. One Way Back: A Memoir
By: Christine Blasey Ford
4.30
Format: 298 pages, Hardcover
On September 27, 2018, Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee which … read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
17. Owner of a Lonely Heart: A Memoir
By: Beth Nguyen
3.63
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Stealing Buddha’s Dinner, a powerful memoir of a mother-daughter r… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
18. Write for Your Life
By: Anna Quindlen
3.95
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
In this clarion call to pick up a pen and find yourself from "one of our most astute chroniclers of… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- writing
"Solitude can lead to a tunnel within ourselves at the end of which is a room we didn't even know was there."-Anna Quindlen, Write for Your Life
19. Meet the Frugalwoods: Achieving Financial Independence Through Simple Living
By: Elizabeth Willard Thames
3.75
Format: 256 pages, ebook
The deeply personal story of why award-winning personal finance blogger Elizabeth Willard Thames ab… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"We’re taught we can pay for everything we need. Our very lives can be purchased, and by extension, we can buy the rights to a fragmented community of like-minded consumers. Our unifying activity as a…"-Elizabeth Willard Thames, Meet the Frugalwoods: Achieving Financial Independence Through Simple Living
20. Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
By: Steven Levitsky
4.43
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A call to reform our antiquated political institutions before it’s too late—from the New York Times… read more
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- nonfiction
21. I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home
By: Jami Attenberg
3.71
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Jami Attenberg comes a dazzling memoir about unlocking and e… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- writing
22. Dirty Laundry: Why Adults with ADHD Are So Ashamed and What We Can Do to Help
By: Richard Pink
4.07
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
An empowering and witty guide to banishing shame and living your fullest life with ADHD—plus tips f… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"No one can hate themselves into a version of themselves that they like"-Richard Pink, Dirty Laundry: Why Adults with ADHD Are So Ashamed and What We Can Do to Help
23. Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America
By: Barbara McQuade
4.15
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An urgent, comprehensive explanation of the ways disinformation is impacting democracy, and practic… read more
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- nonfiction
24. Lucky Red
By: Claudia Cravens
3.92
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The heart wants what it wants. Saddle up, ride out, and claim it. A vibrant and cinematic debut… read more
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25. Arrangements in Blue
By: Amy Key
3.84
Format: 223 pages, Hardcover
Arrangements in Blue elegantly honors the life lived completely by—and for—oneself. Inspired by Jon… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
26. Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir
By: Anna Marie Tendler
3.65
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A powerful memoir that reckons with mental health as well as the insidious ways men impact the live… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
27. You: The Story: A Writer's Guide to Craft Through Memory
By: Ruta Sepetys
4.24
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Life is story in motion. Each day, you add to your story, revise it, and view it from a different a… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- writing
- how to
28. Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America
By: Sarah Kendzior
4.43
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
From New York Times bestselling author Sarah Kendzior comes the bitingly honest examination of the … read more
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- nonfiction
"The nightmares I had been fending off had come home in the form of the Trump administration: a white supremacist kleptocracy linked to a transnational crime syndicate, using digital media to manipula…"-Sarah Kendzior, Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America
"It is a terrible feeling to sense a threat coming. It is worse when the threat reveals itself to be real, especially when many of those you warned still dismiss it, and you do not know whether their …"-Sarah Kendzior, Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America
29. The Secrets to Creating Character Arcs: A Fiction Writer's Guide to Masterful Character Creation
By: John S. Warner
4.08
Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition
Transform your story with a character your readers will remember long after they’ve turned the last… read more
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- nonfiction
- writing
- reference
30. Fast Draft Your Memoir
By: Rachael Herron
4.55
Format: 186 pages, Kindle Edition
This is your roadmap for completing the memoir you've dreamed about writing. "Rachael Herron re… read more
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- nonfiction
- writing
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31. Blueprint for a Memoir: How to Write a Memoir for the Marketplace
By: Jennie Nash
4.57
Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition
Top book coach Jennie Nash teaches you how to think about memoir in a whole new way. “The surest… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- writing
